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| Plot | storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story | |
| Syntax | the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words | |
| Diction | the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation. | |
| Ambiguity | an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning | |
| Suspense | a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety | |
| Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | |
| Drama | a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, esp. one intended to be acted on the stage; a play | |
| Antagonist | : a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. | |
| Couplet | a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length | |
| Exposition | background information | |
| Dialogue | • Dialogue: conversation between two or more persons | |
| Setting | The time and place where the drama takes place | |
| Protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work | |
| Alliteration | a repitition of the initial sounds of several words in a group | |
| Renaissance | Early Modern Period (England) 1500-1660 | |
| Iambic Pentameter | a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllableI | |
| Blank Verse | unrhymed Iambic Pentameter | |
| Tragedy | death: the protagonist usually has a flaw which leads to his downfall. | |
| Comedy | play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion. | |
| History (Chronicle) | Chronicles someones life or a part of history | |
| Genre | A literary type or form | |
| Symbolism | A device in literarture when an object represents an idea | |
| High Comedy | Inspires thoughtful laughter | |
| Low Comedy | Goes for the belly laugh, and includes farce, slapstick, and pratfalls. | |
| Sonnet | A lyric poem of fourteen lines whose ryhme scheme is fixed | |
| Theme | a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art | |
| Primogeniture | First born child of the same parents | |
| Equivocation | a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word | |
| Aside | Talking away from others on the stage either by themselves or to another character | |
| Soliloquy | Character comes out all alone on stage and speaks his mind, no place to hide anything. | |
| Act | one of the main divisions of a play or opera | |
| Scene | a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place | |
| Canon | a fundamental principle or general rule | |
| Hamartia | flaw in character or in action that brings the character down. | |
| Catharthis | "purgation" and is the shedding of negative emotions such as hate, pity, and fear by the audience during tragedy. | |
| Farce | a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character. | |
| Aristocracy | a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility | |
| Thrust Stage | a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats. |
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